Bottle-exchange receptacle for containing milk bottles



' Sept. 20,1927. 1 642,999

P. T.YM LAUGHLIN E AL BOTTLE EXCHANGE RECEPTACLE FOR CONTAINING MILK BOTTLES Filed Jan. 9, 1926 I l l. I F i i i I 3 i i i 1 i i 5 I l K g /7 I i /0 i 5 i l i E 5 n R I\ i ii l E /7 i gwuewtot M P. TMLa 249/; in

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a IPA'DRIGK 'r. mnnauennx n am); WILLI BOTTLE-EXCHANGE ancer-mange in i ia iee i ee e aaxy A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having I 15 means for housing the contained bottle so as to protect the same against the attacks of flies and other'insects and to hide the samefrom the view of mischievous boys or tramps who otherwise might remove the same;

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be very readily and cheaply constructed and which will bedurable and eificient in service. i V Y These and other objectswe attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of our invention and wherein-1+ Figure 1 is aside elevation of a bottle exchange receptacle constructed in accord an'ce with our invention: 1' r o Figure 2 is an enlargedvertical sectional Viewtherethrou'gh; i

section on the line 33 of FigureQ; p V Figure 4: is an enlargeddetail view showing the construction of one of .the retaining elements. V Referring now more-particularly to the drawings. the device includes, an open'bot- I tomed tube 10 having at vertically spaced points'brackets' 11v whereby it may be secured to a suitable support, such as the wall of a building. The upper end of the tube is preferably beveled and is provided with a .cover 12 hinged, as at'13, and of sufiicient size to insure against entry-to the upper end of the tube of snow orsleet which would collect upon the contained bottle and render theremoval thereof difficult. V

:Within the tube at vertically spaced points are arrangedretaining elements 14 in the formof upwardl conver 'ing spring fingers 15 throng wine a bott e maybe inserted from the lower end but from which a bottle f ;orries;

AM'ANDERSON, or MIAMI, OKLAQE'IIQMQQ renee s emmemr mg 1 we we; we

elevation tliereof. "The lower set of Spring fingers 15 is arranged immediately above the bottom of the tube while the second or upper set is arranged so that the upper ends of the fingers. are spaced from the upper end of the tube a distance slightly less than the height of the bottle which is to be'accommodated. The space between the upper and estimate same state lowersets is preferably of suflicient size to accommodate a bottle, the lowerendof set.

The spring fingers are preferably produced by employing, a single strip of rewhich rests upon the fingers of the lower L silient wire which, intermediate its ends, is 5 bent to-form, a plurality of loops 16project- -.ing'to one side of the wire.

7 g The wireis then'bent 1n the form of a clrcle and sprung into a pressed groove 17 formed in the in-' I tcrior wall of the casing. It will, of course,

be understood that this is merely a preferred method of forming the retaining elementl and that other means may be employed Thewall of f where this is founddesirable. the casing between theupper and lower re- In'theuse of the device, assuming a fullbottle to be in position within the tube and taining elements 14 is preferably provided 7 with its lower end resting upon the fingers 14, the housewife, in order to secure the same, lnserts a second and empty bottle in the lower end of the tube so, that it engages the lower end of the contained full bottle,

forcing the full bottle upwardly until it engages the lid 13 and raises the same. At this time, the empty bottle will be arranged with its bottom above the upper endsof the fingers ofthe lower retaining elementl i and is accordingly unremovable. The full bottle may be reached through the top of the container and is removed. The milk-man, on his rounds, reverses the operation, inserting afull bottle and removing the empty bottle.

It will, of course, be'understood that the cover 12 ,may be provided with a lock, as

indicated at 18, if so desired, in which event removal of the contained bottle will be substantiallyimpossible except by authorized persons.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is obviously capable of aeertainrange of change andmodificatloxi without mate rially departing from the spirit of the invention. We do not limit onreelves to such specific sl=trnctnre except as hereinafter claimed.

A bottle exchange COlllpliSillQ' n tubular easing open at. its opposite ends and provided at its inner surface and at a point between its ends with an annular depression,

a bottle retaining element, consisting of a resilient Wire having sections folded upon each other forming fingers, said fingers being inwardly inclined toward each other and the material of the wire lying between the fingers being nrenately curved to iii; in said groove.

In testimony whereof we hereunto nfiix our signatures.

PATRICK T. MoLAUGT-TLIN. WILLIAM ANDERSON. 

